The charm of the Russian province at the crossroads of two roads — railway and automobile.
Danilov is a city at the crossroads of roads. The MV Moscow-Kholmogory federal highway from Moscow to Vologda and local highways pass through it, the Trans-Siberian Railway and railway tracks from the center of Russia to the north and Far East of our Homeland converge in it.
The fate of three famous personalities from theatrical and film art is connected with little Danilov: the famous director of the Taganka Theater Yuri Lyubimov, the actress and head of the Moscow Art Theater named after him. Gorky Tatiana Doronina and actor Alexei Smirnov (he played the car mechanic Makarych from the movie "Some old men go into battle", the parasite Fedya from Leonid Gaidai's comedy "The Adventures of Shurik", etc.). You have the opportunity to see the houses where these wonderful people spent their childhood.
Should an inquisitive tourist get off the highway and explore this city? Definitely worth it!
Peter I stopped at the tsar's village of Danilovsky more than once on his way from Moscow to Arkhangelsk. The tsar entered the wooden church, found it in a shabby and untidy state and denounced the local clergy. Soon, a new stone cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God was laid, which opened for worship in 1713. In a letter, the Danilovites informed the emperor about this event and sent him a silver chess set made by local craftsmen as a gift. So there was a version about the origin of the chessboard on the city coat of arms.
Today, the Chess Alley, which is located in the center of Danilov, reminds of this story. There are two-meter chess pieces on it, which embody the images of local residents of the 19th century. On each of the figures there is a number that refers to a specific letter of the alphabet. By solving this chess puzzle, you can find out the encrypted word.